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Yes, just like you can't judge a book by its cover. You can't judge the wellbeing of a tree by its stature. You should see the trees near Ocean Beach in San Francisco. They are so bent and hunched over and practically growing horizontally but they never got uprooted by those high winds.

There's a story in Philippine culture that a huge mango tree can be uprooted by a storm, but a bamboo knows how to dance with it.

posted by Wild_Grace on February 11, 2008 at 5:48 PM | link to this | reply

no it isn't!

posted by MandaLee on July 27, 2007 at 7:37 AM | link to this | reply

We lost several hundred trees in the local park (Balboa Park)

one year because of a storm.  Most of these trees were very healthy before they were uprooted and dashed about like so many toothpicks!  Mother nature will have her way!

posted by mysteria on July 27, 2007 at 6:49 AM | link to this | reply

Many levels to this post--physically, it may be lassooed in a few places &

hitched to a post to prevent any accidents if (or when) it does fall. I would always try to save a tree, especially if it has age amd wisdon. The shade they give by taking on th sun's hottest power directly, is an amazing example of generosity. Add to this, spice/medicine, fruit or flowers.... hence my latest poem today starts "I am a transplanted tree" (no Redwood, just a weeping willow). Namaskaram

posted by ILLUMINATI8 on July 25, 2007 at 2:40 PM | link to this | reply

Yea

That doesn't work out too good for you!

Are you referring to the coverage of your homeowner's insurance?

posted by justanotherskinnybitch on July 23, 2007 at 5:54 PM | link to this | reply

Straightforward, I was sitting here trying to picture this in

my minds eye lol. So the diseased one looked fine but wasn't and the leaning one was fine but looked bad... gotcha. What is the result?

posted by RedHeadedGypsy on July 23, 2007 at 11:25 AM | link to this | reply